被Berkeley拒绝的我的女儿今天被Princeton录取了! 她的Dream School.
费用只比UC贵几千块/year.
我几天前已列了她的profile (under SanJoseFarmer),现再列一下.
Central Valley Public school, IB program
GPA 4/4 unweighted, 4.8 weighted (straight As)
Rank 1/~400
SATI 2380 (800,800,780) (one sitting)
SATII Math 800, Physics 760 (no more)
National Merit Finalist ($2500 reward), Presidential Scholar candidate (3000 out of 3.2 million HS graduates)
典型或非典中国女孩子的EC:
运动,篮球校队 4 year,water polo 1 yr,fencing 1 yr, break dancing, etc.
Piano 10 yr (?), win a few local rewards (a few hundred $)
History Day, state level
webmasters for a few clubs (Key club, school projects, etc), Anime banner design, etc
internship at local engineering consulting firm (making decent money to buy laptop, ipod, jacket, etc.)
250-300 hours volunteering.
Other small things.